Hi, I'm Adanna

I have been dancing for as long as my body would allow. Before I had language, I had movement. Dance became my first form of communication, regulation, and expression, long before I understood what any of that meant.

I grew up training in Contemporary, Afrobeats, and Hip-Hop, building a foundation rooted in rhythm, discipline, and storytelling through the body. In 2017, I intentionally expanded my adult training to include Burlesque, Heels, Whacking, and Belly Dance, while pursuing advanced and professional-level instruction. I spent significant time training in Los Angeles with choreographers including Cisco, Mitchell Kelly, She’Meka Ann, and Kiira Harper, refining both my technical skill and professional presence.

My professional experience includes performing as a go-go dancer at San Diego Pride, dancing and acting for WOW Festival in La Jolla, and most recently performing live at the BET Experience as a dancer for recording artist Kaliwae. Each opportunity has shaped my understanding of performance not just as entertainment, but as service, presence, and impact. One of my most meaningful bookings was being personally invited, without audition, to be featured in a music video for signed Los Angeles artist Robbie Tripp, affirming both my artistry and professional integrity.

Outside of Queens In Training, I am a certified fitness dance instructor through Dance It Out and bring extensive experience working with children of all ages as well as adults with special needs. My academic background includes attending Concordia University Irvine, where I studied Psychology with a minor in Child Development and an emphasis in Movement Therapy. I understand how bodies hold memory, how trauma shows up in movement, and how intentional motion can support healing.

In my personal life, my faith became a grounding force. After being baptized, I experienced a renewed sense of purpose and clarity around my calling. Queens In Training was not simply an idea I had. It was something I felt entrusted to me. Through prayer, reflection, and lived experience, God and I crafted this space with dance as the channel and healing as the mission.

Queens In Training is a safe, inclusive space for humans and aliens alike, where mental health and spiritual well-being are treated as essential, not optional. This is not just a beginner heels class.
It is where Queens fix their crowns.

Through embodied movement, intentional choreography, and community-centered programming, women are invited to release physical tension, rebuild confidence, and reconnect with their spirit. The goal is not perfection or performance, but restoration. We will laugh, we will sweat, we may cry a little, and we will leave more grounded than when we arrived.

While community is deeply valued, the ultimate aim of Queens In Training is for every woman to develop self-trust, agency, and a sense of home within herself. I believe everyone deserves to feel confident, powerful, and aligned with who they were created to be. Through movement, faith, and intentional space-making, Queens In Training exists to help women move one step closer to healing, freedom, and the radical relief of being able to breathe again.